- "Animal welfare is the well-being of non-human animals."
The study of animal rights and the ethical considerations surrounding their use in agriculture production.
Animal Welfare: It is the concern for the well-being of animals that is often associated with animal rights, but rather than focusing on the treatment of animals as a moral issue, animal welfare is an ethical issue based on the physical and psychological health of animals.
Animal Ethics: It is the study of human-animal relationships, and it deals with the question of how we ought to treat animals, considering their inherent rights and interests.
Animal Rights: It is the concept that animals have the same basic rights as humans, such as the right to life, the right to freedom from torture, and the right to bodily integrity.
Animal testing: It is a controversial practice that involves using animals in scientific experiments to gain knowledge and develop products for human use. It is often criticized for being inhumane and unnecessary.
Animal farming: It is the practice of raising animals for food, clothing or other products.
Wildlife conservation: It is the practice of protecting wild animals and their habitats from human predation, development and other threats.
Animal rehabilitation: It is the process of helping injured or orphaned animals recover and return to their natural habitats.
Animal rescue: It is the act of saving animals from dangerous, abusive or neglectful situations.
Animal sheltering: It is the practice of providing temporary housing and care for animals who are homeless or have been surrendered by their owners.
Animal assisted therapy: It is the use of animals in therapeutic settings, to help people with physical or mental health issues.
- "Formal standards of animal welfare vary between contexts, but are debated mostly by animal welfare groups, legislators, and academics."
- "Animal welfare science uses measures such as longevity, disease, immunosuppression, behavior, physiology, and reproduction."
- "Respect for animal welfare is often based on the belief that nonhuman animals are sentient and that consideration should be given to their well-being or suffering."
- "These concerns can include how animals are slaughtered for food, how they are used in scientific research, how they are kept (as pets, in zoos, farms, circuses, etc.), and how human activities affect the welfare and survival of wild species."
- "There are two forms of criticism of the concept of animal welfare, coming from diametrically opposite positions."
- "One view... holds that humans have no duties of any kind to animals." "The other view is based on the animal rights position that animals should not be regarded as property and any use of animals by humans is unacceptable."
- "Some animal rights proponents argue that the perception of better animal welfare facilitates continued and increased exploitation of animals."
- "Some authorities therefore treat animal welfare and animal rights as two opposing positions."
- "The predominant view of modern neuroscientists, notwithstanding philosophical problems with the definition of consciousness even in humans, is that consciousness exists in nonhuman animals."
- "However, some still maintain that consciousness is a philosophical question that may never be scientifically resolved."
- "In this study conducted in rhesus monkeys, the researchers built experiments predicting completely opposite behavioral outcomes to consciously vs. non-consciously perceived stimuli."
- "Strikingly, the monkeys' behaviors displayed these exact opposite signatures, just like aware and unaware humans tested in the study."